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Scrap exams for the sake of students, pleads councillor


THERE have been increasing calls for next year’s GCSE and A Level exams to be scrapped. Last week Cllr Sheamus Greene, pictured below, who is a father and a school bus driver, calling on the exams to be cancelled and for the North to follow the Welsh model of continuous assessment this academic year. Cllr […]

Increase in cases but virtually no patients in hospital


THE number of positive Covid cases in the local area has more than doubled in the past week, and with numbers creeping up everywhere, Fermanagh is waking up this morning to a fresh set of restrictions. As of 6pm last night (Tuesday) a new set of restrictions came into force which once again ban people […]

‘Scandalous lack of support’for schools in Covid crisis


THERE ARE fears some local schools will not be able to afford to keep up with their much-needed social distancing and Covid safety measures due to a lack of funding.  When the Herald recently spoke to some Fermanagh schools about how they were coping with their reopening in these challenging times, all were doing OK […]

20 mph speed limits for outside primary schools


FOUR schools in Fermanagh are to have part-time 20mph speed limits installed. The local schools feature on a new list of 100 schools across the North to be included in the scheme.  While the introduction of this safety measure at St Aidan’s High School, Derrylin, St Mary’s Primary School Bellanaleck, St Mary’s Primary School Maguiresbridge […]

Moment of truth as schools finally open their doors


WITH every school in Fermanagh returning class for the first time since March, it’s been a momentous week for the county.  Below the Herald talks to the principals of two of the county’s biggest schools on how they, their staff, and their pupils have been coping with the return.  BRIAN Treacy, principal of Holy Trinity […]

Special needs children could lose out


CONCERN has been raised that hundreds of children with a statement of Special Educational Needs (SEN) may be without a school place for September. It is understood that 285 children with a SEN statement currently have no school place.  To read more on this story see this week’s Fermanagh Herald. Can’t get to the shop […]